South Africa have an overall win-loss record of 32-16 from 49 matches across the previous nine editions of the T20 World Cup. They finished in the Super 8 in 2007, 2010 and 2012, the Super 12 in 2021 and 2022 and the Super 10 in 2016. They reached the semi-finals in 2009 and 2014, and finished runners-up in 2024.